รัฐธรรมนูญ

Thai

Etymology

From รัฐ (rát, “nation; state; etc”) +‎ ธรรมนูญ (tam-má-nuun, “law defining the formal organisation of a corporate body”), coined by Wan Waithayakon. Officially used for the first time in 1932.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		รัฐธรรมนูญ r ạ ʈʰ dʰ r r m n ū ɲ
Phonemic		รัด-ถะ-ทำ-มะ-นูน r ạ ɗ – tʰ a – d å – m a – n ū n	รัด-ทำ-มะ-นูน r ạ ɗ – d å – m a – n ū n
Romanization	Paiboon	rát-tà-tam-má-nuun	rát-tam-má-nuun
	Royal Institute	rat-tha-tham-ma-nun	rat-tham-ma-nun
(standard) IPA(key)		/rat̚˦˥.tʰa˨˩.tʰam˧.ma˦˥.nuːn˧/(R)	/rat̚˦˥.tʰam˧.ma˦˥.nuːn˧/(R)

Noun

รัฐธรรมนูญ • (rát-tà-tam-má-nuun)

1. (law) constitution:
   1. fundamental principles according to which a nation is governed
   2. (classifier ฉบับ) document embodying these principles. Abbreviation: รธน. (rɔɔ-tɔɔ-nɔɔ)

Derived terms

• กฎหมายรัฐธรรมนูญ (gòt-mǎai-rát-tà-tam-má-nuun)
• ศาลรัฐธรรมนูญ (sǎan-rát-tà-tam-má-nuun)

 

Descendants

• → Khmer: រដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញ (rŏət thŏəmmĕəʼnuñ)
• → Lao: ຣັຖທັມມະນູນ (rat tham ma nūn)